Study Sites

Data were collected in two districts in Uganda: Jinja and Kampala. The Jinja District is located in the eastern region of the country. Administrative units in the district include 200 counties, 11 sub-counties, and 69 parishes. The population was approximately 470,000 in 2014, of which nearly 300,000 reside rural areas, with farming as the main source of income.14 FGDs and interviews were conducted with staff at Jinja Referral Hospital, Iganga District Hospital, and the Bundondo level IV health center.

The Kampala District, located north of Lake Victoria, has five sub-counties and 76 parishes and encompasses Kampala City, the capital of Uganda. The population was approximately 7 million in 2020.15 Feedback was collected from staff of Naguru District Hospital and Mulago National Referral Hospital.

The targeted facilities were identified as government facilities representative of rural and urban areas and of different levels of public-sector health care in Uganda. All participating facilities had infusion therapy capacity and expertise at the time of the study.